Mylor

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10873MYL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [base and shaft only?] [composite font?], Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Melorus
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Melorus
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located across from Falmouth, E of Penryn and the A39, near Falmouth Harbour, in W Cornwall
Additional Comments: composite font?
Font Notes:
Cassell's Gazettee of 1898 mentions a Norman font in this church, and Kelly's Directory of 1889 qualifies the font as Norman as well. Olivey (1907) describes the font: "The font is Late Norman, of grey granite, and very plain. It consists of an octagonal bowl, a round shaft, and a carved basement [sic]. Within the circular panels on its sides, among other devices, are the following in relief: a cross patoncee [potent?], a cross moline, a fimbriated saltire, and three chevrons in pale. The bowl is considered to be of later date than the shaft and the base". [NB: these three references are to Richard Milsom's transcriptions in [www.milsom.info/Mylor]]. Cox (1912) notes a font of the 13th century with an octagonal basin. Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Octagonal, with a plain decoration of crosses. Base and shaft C13; bowl later."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 186
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 125